[Intro] D  F#m  G  A

[Primera Parte]

 D           F#m
I started a joke
 G                A               D  F#m  G
Which started the whole world crying
    A         D  F#m  G
But I didn't see
         A            D  F#m  G  A
That the joke was on me

[Segunda Parte]

 D           F#m
I started to cry
 G                A             D     F#m  G
Which started the whole world laughing
       A           D  F#m  G
Oh, if I'd only seen
        A             D
That the joke was on me

[Estribillo]

 Bm              F#m
I looked at the sky
        G                D
Running my hands over my eyes
 F#m           Bm
And I fell out of bed
        G                    A
Hurting my head from things that I'd said

[Tercera Parte]

 D              F#m
'Til I finally died
      G           A             D    F#m  G
Which started the whole world living
       A        D  F#m  G
Oh, if I'd only seen
         A
That the joke was on me

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       D  F#m  G  A  D

[Estribillo]

 Bm              F#m
I looked at the skies
        G                D
Running my hands over my eyes
 F#m              Bm
And I fell out of bed
         G                      A
Hurting my head from things that I'd said

[Cuarta Parte]

 D              F#m
'Til I finally died
      G            A          D    F#m  G
Which started the whole world living
       A         D   F#m  G
Oh, if I'd only seen
 G        A           D  F#m  G
That the joke was on me
 G        A          D  F#m   G   A
That the joke was on me,      Oh

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